Supreme Court rejects Maryland assault weapon ban challenge 02:10. Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to Maryland's ban on so-called assault weapons, leaving intact ...

Biden renews calls for stricter gun laws after Chiefs parade shooting 03:50. Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a challenge to Maryland's ban on so-called assault ...

Congress allowed a national assault weapons ban to expire in 2004.The gun control group Everytown Law applauded the high court's action, saying the measures make communities safer."We will fight ...

Maryland’s ban has been under fire since 2013 when a different group of residents and Second Amendment groups challenged it. The Fourth Circuit ruled in favor of the state, agreeing that AR-15-style ...

Thomas, meanwhile, dissented in 2015 when the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a municipal ban on AR-15-style weapons, writing that the “overwhelming majority” of people who owned ...

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh helped pass the state’s ban on “assault weapons” after the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. (Jonathan Newton/The ...

The panel heard arguments in December 2022 and appeared poised to strike down the ban on semiautomatic assault-style weapons under the U.S. Supreme Court’s new framework for Second Amendment cases.

Bruen, Maryland’s ban on semiautomatic weapons like the AR-15 is no longer constitutional. “Bruen clarifies how the Court’s Second Amendment test applies specifically to laws like Maryland’s barring ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to Maryland's ban on so-called assault weapons, leaving intact a lower court ruling that upheld the law. In declining to review ...

The Maryland plaintiffs, including gun rights groups, argued that semi-automatic weapons like the AR-15 are among the most popular firearms in the country and banning them runs afoul of the Second … ...

Congress allowed a national assault weapons ban to expire in 2004. Attorneys for Maryland contend the guns aren’t protected by the Constitution because they’re similar to military-grade weapons.